Reconstructing Arion

The first auxiliary sailboat built in fiberglass (1951)

Re-launched June 2001

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Arion Specifications

Designer: Sidney DeWolfe Herreshoff

Original Builder: Anchorage Plastics Corp.

LOA 42'

LWL 37'11"

Beam 8'1"

Sail Area: 562 sq. ft.

Draft 5'6"

Displacement 10,500 lbs.

Sail Plan

Lines Drawing

Recent Stuff

Commentary from the (re-)builder

Recent Photos Under Sail

Arion's History

Providence Journal Article ,1951

Boston Post Magazine, 1951

Yachting Magazine, 1951

Yachting Magazine Ad, 1951